Happy Birthday DARPA
April 8, 2008
Everyone who surfs the Internet or sends email owes a debt to the Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (commonly known as DARPA). It was DARPA (named ARPA until 1972) that, at the
Category: Innovation
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.
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The Future of Urbanization
March 24, 2008
In a recent post about what Paul Polak has been doing in developing countries [Work versus Welfare], I mentioned the fact that he is expanding the scope of his work to include
The AIR is getting Blurry with Clouds — Computing that is
March 4, 2008
In an earlier post [The Coming Age of Cloud Computing], I focused on an article that described how a collaboration between IBM and Google aimed at teaching graduate students more about cloud
Reaching for the Moon
March 3, 2008
It’s been a while since I’ve written about a contest aimed at sparking innovation. The New York Times reports that Google is teaming with the X Prize Foundation to sponsor a contest
Shades of Blackness
February 28, 2008
Occasionally a story about something far afield from your normal range of activities and interests catches your eye and draws you in. I found an article about scientists developing their own little
Bio-fuel Growing Pains (or are they really gas pains?)
February 19, 2008
Since I have recently posted several blogs about bio-fuels, I thought it fitting to do a post about a new report that concludes bio-fuels are just as (or even more) harmful for
Food as Medicine
February 14, 2008
Finding easy and inexpensive ways to provide prophylactic medications to people (especially children) in developing countries remains a goal for those involved with global health issues. Preventing diseases is much cheaper than
Innovation Takes Hard Work
February 8, 2008
It will come as no surprise to truly creative people that innovation takes hard work. Eureka moments are, to use an old adage, as rare as hens’ teeth. This truism is the
A New Form of Data Storage
February 7, 2008
Occasionally I see an article that interests me and I save it to read later. One such article discusses a new form of data storage under development at IBM [“Redefining the Architecture
Dealing with Bio-Diesel Waste
February 6, 2008
Waste byproducts are a challenge for any industry. When waste in one industry can be used as a base resource in another industry, the problem shrinks and profits improve. It also increases
